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Child & Adult Care Food Program

Regulations

Title 7 -- Agriculture
Chapter II - Food and Nutrition Service,
Department of Agriculture

Part 226 [PDF] Child and Adult Care Food Program regulations, as of January 1, 2008.  
 

3/27/2008

Proposed Rule - CACFP: At-Risk Afterschool Meals in Eligible States.  This rule proposed to provide an additional meal for at-risk children through age 18 who are participating in afterschool programs in the 8 eligible States (DE, IL, MI, MO, NY, OR, PA, WV)

7/31/07 Final Rule: Afterschool Snacks in the CACFP
This rule establishes guidelines on serving reimbursable snacks in afterschool care programs.
5/02/07 Final Rule: Data Collection Related to the Participation of Faith-Based and Community Organizations
3/12/07 Final Rule: Disclosure of Children's F/RP Meals and Free Milk Eligibility Information in the CNP
10/23/06 For-Profit Center Participation in the CACFP - This final rule makes permanent the provision authorizing for-profit centers providing child care or outside-school-hours care to participate based on the income eligibility of 25 % of children in care for free or reduced price meals.  [Interim Rule]
7/13/06 Uniform Federal Assistance Regulations; Nondescretionary Technical Amendments - This final rule updates FNS program regulations, reflecting the revision of USDA’s grants management regulations which brought entitlement programs under the same regulations that already applied to nonentitlement programs.
5/30/06 Disregard of Overpayments in the CACFP, NSLP, SBP - This final rule creates uniform regulations related to the disregard of overpayments in the CACFP, NLSP, and SBP.
1/3/06 Age Limits for Children in Emergency Shelters - This interim rule raised the age limit for residents of emergency shelters who are eligible to receive CACFP meals to include children through age 18.
6/15/05 Permanent Agreements for Day Care Homes - This final rule provides for sponsors to establish permanent agreements with their family and group day care homes.
2/22/05 Duration of Tiering Determinations - This final rule increases the duration of tier I determinations for day care homes when school data is used.
9/1/04 Improving Management and Program Integrity - This second interim rule makes significant changes to improve program management and integrity on issues that were more discretionary in nature.  Comments were due September 1, 2005.  Here is the errata sheet correcting some minor errors found when the rule was published.
2/12/04 Privacy Act Notice: Proposed New System of Records - Fns solicited comments regarding the collection of information on persons identified as responsible for serious deficiencies, proposed for disqualification, or disqualified to participate as principals or family day care home operators.
6/27/02 Implementing Legislative Reforms to Strengthen Program Integrity - This interim rule makes significant changes to improve program management and integrity.
5/28/02 Amendments to the Infant Meal Pattern - This final makes information about infant meals more consistent and easier to read.  It also clarifies egg servings in the child care snack pattern. 
12/20/01 CACFP and Infant Meal Pattern - Amendments correct the meal pattern for infants ages 8 months to 11 months.  It also corrects the meal pattern tables for suppers served to adults and supplements food served to children.
1/11/01 Disclosure of Children's Eligibility Information to Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program - This interim rule addresses the disclosure of information to identify and enroll eligible children in the State Medicaid or SCHIP programs.
10/11/00 Reimbursement for Snacks in Afterschool Care Programs - This proposed rule outlines how nutritious snacks may be served children and teens.
9/12/00 Improving Management and Program Integrity - This rule proposes important changes in applications, approvals, monitoring and training.


Last modified: 10/20/2008